Truemors
Broker turned monk offers home truths to needy
" TSURNOGORSKI MONASTERY, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Brother Nikanor, a Nasdaq broker turned monk, advises former colleagues to put a jar with soil on their desks to remind them where we are all heading and what...
We Hardly Knew Ye: Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct
Not seen for more than fifty years, the Caribbean monk seal has been declared extinct, with its Mediterranean cousins not far behind."Humans hunting the docile creatures for research, food and blubber left the... 
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1505 views | 12 recommendations | 37 comments
Heavy metal monk in second album
Just stumbled upon this nice piece about a Capuchin monk who sings in a heavy metal band, which has just released a second album.This not-so-young (62) monk certainly has the energy for it.Something about those hand gestures doesn't look entirely Christian though ... "At...
Monk's guide to better sex
"A celibate monk has set up a website telling Catholic couples how to have better sex. "
U.S.: Caribbean monk seal is extinct, humans to blame
The University of Michigan's excellent Animal Diversity Web has more information on these seals that experts said were killed off by man before they could be studied."After five years of futile efforts to find or...
Indonesia Buddhist Vesak Celebrations
Vesak is the holiest day in Buddhism and a season of special holy significance to all Buddhists around the world. Vesak Full Moon is the holiest of all the full moon days. On this day are... 
created by sumaryanto bronto | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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801 views | 11 recommendations | 5 comments
China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama - A Monk's Struggle
The Chinese government has 'spun' facts of history to claim that Tibet has always been a part of China. On March 30, 08, the ABC-Radio National (Australia) program Rear Vision's aired an exceptionally informative program on the history of Tibet: Read the transcript and... 
created by Maireid Sullivan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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463 views | 19 recommendations | 4 comments
Tibetan monks in Lhasa disrupt government tour
Last night we posted a story about a group of Tibetan monks who disrupted a government tour for international journalists intended to showcase the restored peace of the Tibetan capital.Today, the Associated Press, which had a correspondent on the tour, filed a lengthier, more... 
Monk protest scuppers controlled media tour of Tibet
In a shocking display of defiance and certain risk to their lives, a group of monks in Tibet ambushed an organised media tour by the Chinese government."Tibetan monks staged a daring protest against Chinese rule, disrupted anofficial government tour for foreign journalists...
The West's Window Into China - Slowly Closing
OPINION PIECE:Anyone following the news, knows about the current 6 month march from Tibet to China, which was supposed to be a peaceful protest of Tibet's rights to be their own country, instead of under Chinese... 
Monkey Magic: DIY Forbidden Kingdom Trailer
Lion's Gate has done a one-eighty from blocking an online version of their hotly-anticipated* movie poster.As discussed below, fans of the genre (and would-be fans of the film) can remix their own version s of the...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Monk caught with porn stash
"A Benedictine monk has been caught with around 230 pornographic films in his room in a monastery in western Germany. The discovery was made after the monk was caught trying to steal four gay pornography DVDs from a sex shop in the Bavarian city of Wuerzburg in southern...
Italy exhumes body of revered monk Padre Pio
I wonder if it's a saintly quality that allows one's body to appear as though it has just returned from an afterlife spa, even when it is exhumed multiple decades after death. "The body of a revered Italian monk...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Japanese monks strut their stuff on the catwalk
The Japanese are known to tolerate ambiguity between high and low culture, between the sacred and profane..."Japanese monks and nuns held a fashion show — replete with rap music and a catwalk — at a major...
created by cynthia yoo | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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